How many miles did you guys wait until you started hitting the vtec?

I currently have 560 miles and can't wait until I start pushing the s.....

 

Read your owners manual, it's a very informative source for everything about the car. For break in it states keeping the RPM's under 5500 for 600 miles, after that, it's driver's preference. Try the search function, many threads discuss these issues. Hope that helped.

-Johnny

 

Reading the owners manual is a .........................................
GOOD THING!

 

Since this is MY car and I paid for it, I have to do what I think is best. Personally, I felt that VTEC'ing at 600 miles was too soon for my comfort zone so I changed oil and filter at 1400 miles and then VTEC'd. Maybe I babied the engine a little too much....I don't know for sure, but I feel comfortable with my plan. Don't get me wrong, I didn't drive it "granny style" for the first 1400 miles, I just drove normally and gradually built my redline to about 5500. You do what you think is best. I just didn't think it wise to VTEC with dirty oil.

 

Yes but the real question is how "dirty" can oil really be at 1400 miles?

I gradually started increasing the RPM's at the 600 mile mark but didn't redline until 1,000 miles.

 

i hit vtec like at 609 miles. i initially went up to only 7.5 k rpm. i now have about 1700 miles and the highest ive been is
~8200 rpm. i dont want to hit redline yet.

 

my understanding is that 600 miles comes from honda's estimation of break-in at 1,000 km. 1,000 km is actually more like 620 miles...

and dont change that break-in oil too soon!

 

Your engine won't know the difference of 20 miles. Most industrial engines and all marine and aviation applications go by "hours" anyway, not by miles or KMs. I serious doubt that an owner who drives his new car on the highway to his home 600 miles away is any better or worse off than the guy who does his first 600 miles over several weeks sitting in stop and go traffic (in terms of "break in").
The stuff from Honda is a guideline. Use a bit of common sense and you'll be just fine. "Over-cautiousness" may take away some of the fun but I doubt it will kill anything OR make it last that much longer. What counts is that it doesn't make you lose any sleep over it.